Foxcroft provides a residential learning experience for girls in which academic excellence, leadership, responsibility, and integrity are our highest values.
The School
Founded in 1914, Foxcroft School is a college-preparatory boarding and day school for girls in grades 9-12. The school is located on 500 acres in Middleburg, Virginia, 50 miles west of Washington, D.C. It is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools.
The Student Body
Foxcroft is, by design, a small, residential school. The 2011-12 student body is 66 percent boarding students with a total of 152 girls from 20 states, Washington D.C. and seven foreign countries. Some 12.5 percent are U.S. students of color, 18 percent are international students and about 25 percent receive a total of more than $1.2 million of financial aid. In addition, 31 percent of the students are related to alumnae -- an impressive testament to the relationship between the school and its graduates.
Academic Excellence
Foxcroft curriculum offerings number 89 courses and 14 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, as well as academic support through the Learning Center and the Math and Writing Labs. Fully one-third of the Class of 2010 earned AP Scholar recognition from the College Board with eighty percent of those who took four or more AP exams being so honored. Nationwide, only 17 percent of students who take AP Exams earn such recognition. (AP Scholars must earn a grade of three or higher on three or more AP Exams.)
Fabulous Faculty
The student:faculty ratio is 6:1 and 63 percent of the teaching faculty have advanced degrees. More that 73 percent of the faculty and administrators live on campus. All are available outside of class for extra help, review and additional work.
Above and Beyond
Foxcroft students graduate with an average of 4.2 years of math courses and 4.4 years of science courses -- far above the national average, especially for girls. The School has interactive whiteboards in all classrooms, a lively Animal Room in the science wing and an observatory that houses a Newtonian-Cassegrain reflecting telescope, two 8-inch Celestron telescopes and astrophotography and solar-observing accessories. The ratio of students to computers on the fully-wired campus is better than 2-to-1.
After Foxcroft
The members of the Class of 2011 were offered 179 acceptances to 121 colleges and universities, including Cornell University, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown, William & Mary and the universities of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and California at Berkeley and at Los Angeles.
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Foxcroft School admits students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policites, admissions or financial aid policies, loan programs, athletics and other school-administered programs.